I have been Assistant Head of Translation with IBSA. Experience in working with and coordinating translation groups in East Africa including Swahili. Personally translated thousands of pages of books, brochures, magazines, tracts and websites.
Have been a trainer for Translation Techniques Course.

My names are Roger Ogweno Ndege from Africa(Kenya) a Swahili native and educated through English based curriculum. Am perfectly fluent in English, Swahili and Luo(Dholuo). This mail is to express my interest at being considered for a freelance English subtitling position in your company..
This is my third year in the industry and of note I have done over 150,000 words in English<>Swahili translations and 40,000 words in Luo(Dholuo) with more than 40 hours of subtitling/captioning in the English language, using the Aegisub subtitling software as well as creating srt. files for both SW19 Translations company and Universal Language Solutions and others.
I'm available for both short or long term projects. Willing to take a proficiency test and I consider myself responsible, creative, with initiative and punctuality, I accept with pleasure the challenges and goals that your organization could assign me, with a good handle of the interpersonal relationships, ability to work in teams, ability to work under high pressure, so as to solve problems efficiently and achieve the goals set by the company.

SWAHILI REPORTER/PRESENTER– NATION MEDIA GROUP – JUNE 2015 – JUNE 2016
• Generating ideas for stories and features and following leads from news agencies, the police, the public, press conferences and other sources.
• Researching, verifying and collating evidence and information to support a story using relevant information sources such as the internet, archives, databases, etc.
• Writing scripts for bulletins, headlines and reports and producing complete packages for broa
• Providing directorial input, advising crews on what to film or record.
• Preparing and presenting material 'on air' for both pre-recorded and live pieces.
• Identifying potential interviewees, briefing them, preparing interview questions and conducting both live and recorded interviews;
• Managing and updating all social media platforms.
• Advising supervisor on new trends in online tools, applications, channels, design & strategy.
• Executing & monitoring clients’ social media communication campaigns and monitoring revenue.
• Updating and maintaining Nation media Group websites on daily basis.

Had the best grades in Swahili language on 2002 at high school. Joined Internationat Bible Students Association in 2011 as a translator. Took a Translation Techniques Course (TTC) and handled Swahili and other language groups in East Africa as a trainer.
Coordinated language teams at departmental level.